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Daily Archives: July 1, 2017

Before ordering my dinner in Bremen, I used my iPhone to check the time and, after doing so, put it on the table. After finalizing my order, I wanted to check if the restaurant provided free wifi or not, haha. But I was shocked to find out that my iPhone screen had, suddenly, turned black and pressing any buttons would not turn it back on!

Long island ice tea and Paella Valenciana as my dinner that evening.

I tried several different things, including plugging in the charger just in case the battery just died (though I highly doubted it), but none of those worked. I started to get annoyed because surely this problem was annoying to have while travelling, especially abroad!

I started to think about the worst case scenario where I would be phoneless for, at least, 24 hours and how after arriving in Amsterdam the next day I would drop by at an electronic store to, possibly, buy a new phone. Yeah, such a sad situation where I would not be able to update my Instagram while travelling! Madness! 🙈 Haha 😆 . #firstworldproblem

Though, I still had one small hope: my hotel’s public computer from which I could google how to possibly troubleshoot this problem. And, rather unexpectedly, I did find a solution!!

I learned that iPhone had the so-called DFU mode (Device Firmware Upgrade), which allowed it to be restored from any state. I tried the steps provided there and it worked!! So I figured I would share this tips here just in case any of you fellow iPhone users would encounter a similar problem!

1. Press and hold the Power button for about three seconds.
2. Press and hold the Home button for about ten seconds WHILE still holding the Power button.
3. The (magical) Apple logo would start appearing on the screen and it would be like the normal restarting procedure.

When this happened, I immediately remembered a similar situation I encountered almost three years ago with my Samsung Galaxy SIII. At the time, however, none of the tips or tricks I found worked; so I decided to buy a new phone that day and chose an iPhone with the hope of getting a more reliable product. So before finding about this DFU mode, I was a little bit disappointed because I expected my phone to last longer than that. However, then on the DFU mode changed everything!! Hahaha 😆